catch33er

catch33er specializes in urgent care, GYN, primary care.

Latest Activity

1. FNP's - how much psych do you do?

   catch33er replied to catch33er's topic in NP

   Thanks for your input/opinions. I am finding, in several different types of patients, that at first I took on too much and overstepped my scope of practice. I am really backing off now, and being better able to tell patients they need to see someone ...

2. FNP's - how much psych do you do?

   catch33er replied to catch33er's topic in NP

   The problem is that there is no psychiatrist (or psych NP) to treat them. Do I just send them out the door? Most of the time I am not starting new medications, but adjusting doses. I do not want to do psych, but it always seems to find me...

3. FNP's - how much psych do you do?

   catch33er posted a topic in NP

   I am a family NP in a pretty large community health clinic (10 MD's, 2 NP's). We're in a pretty rural area, at least four hours away from the nearest major metro area. I see between 18 and 28 patients a day, and I would say that at least 25% of my pa...

4. NP w/no desire for RN?

   catch33er replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in NP

   thank you so much for saying this! i had several years working in women's health care before going to school, and i am very comfortable in primary care working with family planning, gynecology, etc. this has given me a base to start with, and now i'm...

5. Plan B

   catch33er replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

   I have always had one area of confusion about the "a fertilized egg IS life" way of thought. There are times when an egg is fertilized, but due to the timing of its fertilization (e.g., it's too low in the uterus), by the time it's ready for implant...

6. Did you graduate from a MEPN/Direct Entry program?

   catch33er replied to TuckerBug's topic in NP

   Hey, TB - congratulations on coming so far! I graduated in 2004 from Vanderbilt's direct entry program, and did have to work as an RN (364 hours) before sitting for the certification exam. That is a state requirement in Oregon. The only place I seem ...

7. Anyone out there Vanderbilt?

   catch33er replied to brownrice's topic in NP

   I graduated from Vandy in 2004 as an FNP from their bridge program. My background had been in many different areas of women's health - infertility to family planning to gynecologic oncology, from front desk to rooming patients/assisting with procedur...

8. NP Education

   catch33er replied to zenman's topic in NP

   Whoo-hoo!!!!! I would love to see a program like this! Fantastic idea... I am very fortunate to have a first job where I have several family practice physicians and an NP who are extremely supportive of my learning curve, but it is so frustrating spe...

9. RX help from NP's please

   catch33er replied to johnson0424's topic in NP

   If estrogen is the problem both with thrombosis and with most seizure controlling medications, her only option would be a POP - progesterone only pill, which has its own limitations, and must include counseling about same time daily dosing, etc. And ...

10. NP w/no desire for RN?

    catch33er replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in NP

    I am a FNP who went the direct-to-NP route, but lived in a state where I had to work as an RN (364 hours) before I could be licensed as an NP. I gained a lot of good experience (in an urgent care) and ended up staying for six months. Many of my class...

11. I am losing faith in the ANCC--VENT

    catch33er replied to Kristiern1's topic in NP

    I am so sorry that is happening for you. That exam is so painful I can't even imagine how you must feel. If you continue to have problems, check with the computing center where you took the test. They may have had a computer glitch... I'll be thinkin...

12. FNP vs WHNP vs Midwife vs PA???

    catch33er replied to lauritasol's topic in NP

    I Just graduated in August 2004 from Vanderbilt's FNP program. They do have a CNM/FNP program and my classmates who graduated with CNM's are working all over the country. The CNM/FNP works by doing the CNM part first, which ends in December, and addi...

13. RN experience required?

    catch33er replied to ICRN2008's topic in NP

    I graduated last year from a "bridge" program (Vanderbilt), where I entered with a bachelor's in biology and came out with an RN, MSN, FNP. This question has plagued me throughout my education and to today. I am six months into my first job as an FNP...

14. Frustrated Grad Student

    catch33er replied to Peglu's topic in NP

    Peglu - I know just how you feel... I graduated August of 2004, and even at the end of my program I was still presenting every single patient. I've been in my first FNP job for six months now, and it has taken me quite a while to get the confidence ...

15. please help me. i have a question

    catch33er replied to saccharin's topic in General Nursing

    How long ago was did the condom break? If it was very recently (within 5 days) you do not have to pay over $100 and get an ultrasound, you need emergency contraception, which can be given as Plan B. Plan B is a high dose of progesterone only and does...